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Figgy1
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You should impart safety rules for sewing to your dd before she gets a serger. No jewelry and no loose clothing should be worn is just a good start on the rules.
Figgy1
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What the heck ever happened to farm leagues where kids played together until 10 or 12 regardless of ability. What ever happened to just finding out if you loved a sport before having to invest major money? I don't think the system is fair to the kids or the parents! I'm glad my kids are into noncompetitive swimming and the other bowling
Figgy1
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That's sweet
Figgy1
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Poor James he had an astronomy project that was due last month that got postponed until today because of cloud cover and he had to wait until almost 10pm for it to be clear enough to see what he needed in relation to the full moon. Today should be fun at least he gets to sleep in
MinnieM123
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Right. This was how my brothers were brought up. I think the true meaning of "sport" was emphasized more than ability (which could be improved through practice and experience in games). I never recall them ever experiencing any of this type of highly competitive stress. They joined other kids in the town and had fun playing sports.
MySmallWorldof4
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I wore mine everyday for 17 years. Then one summer out of the blue, I got a rash under them. Mind you, they are platinum. I had a nice red ring imprint where my rings hit my skin. I learned that it was wedding ring rash and could occur even after years of wearing it. I wore them when I showered, swam, dishes, cleaned, etc. I learned that my skin needed to breathe and dry out after they got wet. I disinfected the rings and stopped wearing them all the time. When I wash my hands in a public rest room, I always make sure I dry under them now. It was a painful rash. My dh doesn’t mind. He understands why I don’t wear them all the time as he was witness to said rash. I won’t go out of the house without them though.Oh I'd never say you were a bad DW. I take mine off when I shower because I'm paranoid that the pearl will fall off and go down the drain. Probably not really a realisic fear, but I do have another pearl ring (from DH for our first anniversary) and that one, I lost the pearl and had to have it replaced. There have been occassions when I've forgotten to put my rings back ON after a shower, and I always feel guilty when I do that, because there's no legitimate reason why I shouldn't be wearing it. You have a legitimate reason not to...and anyway, some people aren't into jewelry, or aren't into symbols, or their rings don't fit anymore....I certainly won't judge.
I mentioned I was engaged before....that's one of the things my then-MIL-to-be lectured me about for HOURS. She saw my engagement ring on the counter when I showered, and she couldn't believe I would ever take it off, because hers had never been off her finger since the day it was put on, except when she had her babies, because they made you remove your jewelry then, and a ring is a symbol and removing it is like saying you can just remove your love at will, and I should be ashamed of myself for even THINKING of taking it off. That it was an insult to her baby, he had given me that gift as a token of his love, and how could I just put it on the counter like it meant nothing, bla bla bla. She and her mother chastized me all through breakfast, and well beyond. The basic message was that the ring was basically like ownership papers....it said I belonged to him and it told other people that I was someone else's property.Have I mentioned I dodged a bullet by calling off that wedding?
You'll not hear a word of censure out of my mouth for not always wearing your ring. I choose to wear mine all the time and I love it, but that's MY choice and I do take it off when I'm making hamburgers, or dough for something, or cleaning with harsh chemicals, or otherwise doing something that could damage the pearl. To each his own.
Oh here is a fun story. When dh and I were dating(5 years together at the time), we went to St. Thomas. We were enjoying ourselves on the beachof our resort. We see a couple who had just gotten married go in the water. A few minutes later they looked distressed. The husband’s new wedding band had fallen off. They were frantic looking for it. Dh said he would help, and he actually found it! Weird part was, they didn’t thank him. He was shocked at their lack of gratitude. But, that is the reason dh won’t wear his ring in a pool or when he goes in the ocean.
Goofyernmost
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My mother lost her "second" and very expensive engagement ring that my Father bought her on their twenty fifth anniversary. After my father passed away she lost it. Apparently, she took it off to take a shower and wrapped it in a tissue. Then promptly forgot about it. Even she figured that when she was cleaning up she just grabbed the tissue and tossed it out. She was incredibly upset about that as one would expect. It was a couple of days later that she noticed it was missing. (She didn't wear it all the time) By then the trash had been picked up and hauled away. She kept hoping for years that she would move something someday and find it, but, it never happened. Moral of that story is to always have a designated place to put something. On your finger if one is wearing it and in a secure, known place when one is not.Oh I'd never say you were a bad DW. I take mine off when I shower because I'm paranoid that the pearl will fall off and go down the drain. Probably not really a realisic fear, but I do have another pearl ring (from DH for our first anniversary) and that one, I lost the pearl and had to have it replaced. There have been occassions when I've forgotten to put my rings back ON after a shower, and I always feel guilty when I do that, because there's no legitimate reason why I shouldn't be wearing it. You have a legitimate reason not to...and anyway, some people aren't into jewelry, or aren't into symbols, or their rings don't fit anymore....I certainly won't judge.
I mentioned I was engaged before....that's one of the things my then-MIL-to-be lectured me about for HOURS. She saw my engagement ring on the counter when I showered, and she couldn't believe I would ever take it off, because hers had never been off her finger since the day it was put on, except when she had her babies, because they made you remove your jewelry then, and a ring is a symbol and removing it is like saying you can just remove your love at will, and I should be ashamed of myself for even THINKING of taking it off. That it was an insult to her baby, he had given me that gift as a token of his love, and how could I just put it on the counter like it meant nothing, bla bla bla. She and her mother chastized me all through breakfast, and well beyond. The basic message was that the ring was basically like ownership papers....it said I belonged to him and it told other people that I was someone else's property.
You'll not hear a word of censure out of my mouth for not always wearing your ring. I choose to wear mine all the time and I love it, but that's MY choice and I do take it off when I'm making hamburgers, or dough for something, or cleaning with harsh chemicals, or otherwise doing something that could damage the pearl. To each his own.
Oh, that reminded me of the time that my wife was making sheet chocolate chip cookies and the diamond on her engagement ring fell out of its setting into the batter. She didn't notice it until the cookies were in the oven. She was lucky because when she pulled the pan out of the oven shining back at her, right on top was the diamond, none the worse for wear. She took it off whenever she was cooking after that.
MySmallWorldof4
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Dh and I have a designated spot to keep our rings.
Goofyernmost
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You might think you are joking about the marked for life thing, however, I took mine off on August 1, 2000 and I can still see the imprint on my finger. Not as prominent as it was but still definable.I’m still on my first wedding ring after almost 30 years of marriage.
But, I have lost it 3 times over the years...
The first time was in Lake Travis when we were swimming with our 2nd 2 pups. I jumped off a short rocky ledge down to them to play with them in the water. When I finally got out of the water, I noticed it was gone, and panicked. Fortunately (and NO JOKE), there were 2 scuba divers that had just surfaced down the shore. I walked over and asked if they wouldn’t mind...
Sure ‘nough, they found it in the 15 ft. of water right below where I was playin’ with the dogs...whew!!!
Second time...
Yep, you guessed it, Lake Travis again...!!!
My cousins were in town and we decided to head to the lake to swim for the afternoon.
No dogs this time, and it was down by the boat ramp near the dam. Lots of sand and silt in that area.
Took quite a while for all of us to find it with borrowed snorkeling gear, and with all the silt bein’ kicked up, but, eventually, my youngest bro saw a glint on it from the sun and snagged it...!!!!!
Again, whew...!!!
Third time’s a charm...
One weekend afternoon around the house, I just looked down and realized it was missing...
WTH...?! I knew I hadn’t taken it off (I VERY rarely do), and was completely perplexed and kerfuffuled (sorry, just love that word).
I looked up and down for it everywhere, to no avail.
DWifey wanted to get me another one, but, I resisted.
Over 2 months had gone by, when on another weekend day we were going through clothes to donate from a basket we kept next to a chest of drawers in our bedroom...I heard the plop on the bedroom floor, looked down, and there it friggin’ was...!!!!!!!
Whew!!! Again, and the only thing I can figure is it flew of when I was drying my hands with a towel after washing them and it flipped into the basket...!!!
That last time was about 15 years ago.
The ring is nowhere near as intricate as it was when DWifey first put it on my finger all those years ago because of wear and tear, but, that just symbolizes all the love and craziness that we’ve been through together over the years...!!!!!!!
My ring...!!!
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And, marked for life...!!!!!!!
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KBLovedDisney
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Last year after my Dad passed away, I asked my mom for my Dad's wedding ring. But found out that she hawked it at some point early on in their marriage so she had more money to to go shopping. She had a terrible habit of doing that. She stole a lot among other bad habits.
That really stung.
However, she did show me some things that my Dad purchased for her when they were first dating (a.k.a. still on somewhat good terms the first couple of months of their partnership). I got to get a sapphire ring, but it still isn't the same. I wish I had his wedding band because he stuck with her all of these years even though it was a very bad relationship.
KBLovedDisney
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Wow, your ring is stunning!
Sorry the pictures are big here, and for those of you wondering about the tattoo on my ring finger, it is the Samus symbol from the video game Metroid. It is DH's favorite video game series.
....My family thought it meant something really bad and I had to explain what it was.
Here is my old set. Note that the wedding band is not with the ring set. The sapphire band was an add on:
New Cast:
Cast with the actual wedding band:
Tattoo kinda also looks like the DC Flash symbol ...
Sorry the pictures are big here, and for those of you wondering about the tattoo on my ring finger, it is the Samus symbol from the video game Metroid. It is DH's favorite video game series.
....My family thought it meant something really bad and I had to explain what it was.
Here is my old set. Note that the wedding band is not with the ring set. The sapphire band was an add on:
New Cast:
Cast with the actual wedding band:
KBLovedDisney
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I have a butterfly that is black and red and I have been told it looks like the symbol for Spiderman.Tattoo kinda also looks like the DC Flash symbol ...
Rista1313
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Thanks.. I really like the cast setting... what are you going to do with the side diamonds?
Sorry the pictures are big here, and for those of you wondering about the tattoo on my ring finger, it is the Samus symbol from the video game Metroid. It is DH's favorite video game series.
....My family thought it meant something really bad and I had to explain what it was.
Here is my old set. Note that the wedding band is not with the ring set. The sapphire band was an add on:
New Cast:
Cast with the actual wedding band:
KBLovedDisney
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Not exactly sure at the moment, but DH has been talking of making a Triforce Legend of Zelda (his other favorite game series) ring but will need to add another Trillion cut. Or making some sort of ring/band that will contain those trillions as well as some other diamonds I have acquired over the years.